Chapter 740 - Darkness Falls (VII)
Rhode pushed the door open and entered the room while Nell turned around to avoid the glaring light. Rhode stared blankly at her.
She was a young Elf lady with white, dewy skin and looked about 18 years old in human years. Not only that, but she was also slender and appeared beautiful and alluring. This was the biggest difference between the Dark Elves and Elves. If the Elves were the spokesperson for purity, the Dark Elves would obviously represent sex appeal. But, before that…
“Dark Elf?”
Rhode knitted his brows and turned to Canary and Mini Bubble Gum. Mini Bubble Gum proudly stuck her chest that was only slightly bigger than a flat chest.
“Interesting, isn’t it? Leader? This is the first time that I saw such a ‘black skin’. If it isn’t for this reason, why would we even capture her? You think it’s amusing too, right?”
Yea.
Rhode nodded in agreement. This was a completely typical thinking of a player, where they discovered rare and precious elites among the monsters and captured them as pets to show off in the forums or think of ways to unleash their potentials. Apart from that, there were also various unique missions attached to them, just like how Rhode triggered the Behermes family mission after meeting Lapis and attained an Alchemist Master from it. Even though this young lady looked like a pure Elf from every angle, he saw the essence of the Dark Elf through her snowy hair and eye color. If he were to spot her in a group of Dark Elves, he would definitely capture her too.
What left him dubious was that the females usually held high statuses among the Dark Elves and were mostly spell casters. But, he couldn’t find any ‘blood circuit’ that were unique on Dark Elf Mages on her. Besides, judging from her firm muscles and hands full of callus, she was apparently a warrior. But, this was strange because he had never heard of a female Dark Elf as a warrior… Hmm? Hold up…
Rhode twitched his brows. He seemed to have found an answer in one of the corners in his brain. He pondered deeply and after a few moments, his eyes glinted.
Right on target.
Although Nell didn’t respond to his greetings, her expression had betrayed her train of thoughts. Rhode inwardly nodded in satisfaction.
It seems like I’ve caught a big fish.
“It isn’t important who I am, second daughter of Bailey Family.”
Rhode gestured for the others to not act rashly and said. Apart from his looks, everything else about him at that moment was as though a true Dark Elf. In fact, as the most popular and powerful player of the game, Rhode had learned every single languages and their texts — This was another reason why he had been termed as the ‘walking library’.
“What’s more important is that you’re my prisoner here and perhaps you’re about to become my spoils of war.”
Rhode gestured with a sign that the Dark Elves used to flaunt.
“Or an ice-cold corpse. Everything will be decided upon your attitude and choice.”
“My attitude?”
Nell felt ridiculous. Although she didn’t interact much with males in the dark underground world, the pride flowing in her blood restrained her from being friendly toward any humans—especially males.
“It seems like you understand a lot about us, Dark Elves. Since that’s the case, you should also be aware that females won’t bow down to males. It is especially so for a lowly race like yours. You don’t have the rights to make a deal with me, you rotten maggot. If you’d like to, you can torture or kill me, but I will never yield.”
“Good.”
Rhode shrugged and didn’t seem to be angered at all. However, this didn’t mean that he was liberal. Instead, he clearly knew that this was the Dark Elves’ attitude. The way Nell spoke and behaved proved that she was an authentic Dark Elf under her white skin. She might be a little different, but…
“Since that’s the case, I shall grant your wish, second daughter of Bailey Family.”
“Mr. Rhode, what are you two talking about?”
Lize asked curiously. Previously, they spoke to Nell to learn more about her motives, but she totally disregarded them. But now, Rhode used an unknown language and their conversation went smoothly, which magnified their faith in him much more.
“I’m communicating with this visitor to see if I can gain more information about the Undead Army. But, it seems that she isn’t too willing to cooperate…”
Rhode said with his usual expression, but no one knew if he was joking or not.
“But, I have my ways to deal with such situations. All of you can head back and rest now, but do stay alert for the night patrols. I’ll be here to see if I can enlighten and lower the guard of our friend here.”
“… Okay.”
Lize hesitated for a moment and eventually nodded. In the past, she witnessed her mercenary companions interrogated the bandits and didn’t like it. However, she knew that she couldn’t change anything. Even though Rhode didn’t say it clearly, she imagined what he would do. She lacked the courage to watch, which was why she nodded in agreement and left. At this moment, Marlene stepped forward and said softly in Rhode’s ear.
“I’ll inform you if anything requires you.”
“Okay.”
Marlene smiled and left the cell while Canary and Mini Bubble Gum followed. Canary knew clearly what Rhode was up to and Mini Bubble Gum merely felt bored because she couldn’t understand the language that they used.
Shortly after, only Rhode and Nell were left in the entire cell. The latter looked at him in disdain while he remained expressionless. But, shortly after, the corners of his lips curled up into a smile.
Nell had to admit that this young man was rather good-looking. Besides, his smile was beautiful—but she quickly sensed an ice-cold chill running down her spine as though something bad was about to happen.
“I’m not surprised by your stubbornness, Miss Nell.”
Rhode lowered his gaze at her and his smile became ever so elegant.
“We have a lot of time to discuss the problems—firstly, it is about the difference between our statuses…”
Under the flames, the obvious shadow behind the black-haired young man distorted abruptly. Then, pitch-black tentacles emerged from within.
“This is your first lesson.”